Roblox is an incredibly robust platform for all kinds of games and social activities. This track takes kids’ love (and obsession) with Roblox and uses it to teach the fundamentals of game design, digital art, and programming. Over the course of three seasons, participants will create and publish different games in Roblox Studio, and along the way learn the video game design pipeline from blue printing, concept, modeling, design, themes, mechanics and programming.

Fall – Obby Design

• Roblox is a robust game maker software perfect for young game designers. Use Roblox Studio to create a unique obstacle course or “Obby” and learn the principle of game design. Form level themes, narratives, style and environmental storytelling. Discover the means to design a game for online multiplayer and publish your game and challenge your friends to beat it!

Winter – LUA Programming

• Learn what makes games fun and how to translate that to programmed game mechanics using the LUA language and Roblox Studio. Script new mechanics and interactions to start developing more interactive games for Roblox. With real coding you could create different styles of games like Shark Bite, Adopt Me, Big Paintball, Piggy or Royal High to really differentiate your game from anything else!

Spring – Open World Game Design

• Open world sandbox style games offer the most robust gameplay and freedom of expression to players which make it a fan favorite. We’ll be using some of the most popular Roblox games like Mad City and Jailbreak as inspiration for our own Open World game that gives the players the power to play in their own way and discover the game world organically.

In this Track you will develop these Skills: 3D modeling, level design, multiplayer game design, online safety, scripting, programming, digital art, LUA programming, Publishing